Time
Pilot was a 1982
Konami game,
released by Centuri
in the USA. Time
Pilot was a very
popular game, and
one of the first to
allow the player to
freely move in all
directions (like
Bosconian). In this
game, the player
controlled a
futuristic fighter
jet in order to
rescue fellow jet
fighters who are
trapped in other
eras to time. The
game starts out in
1910, with the
player battling
biplanes and a big
blimp. It then
moves from 1940
(planes from the
WWII era and a B-25
as the level boss),
to 1970 (helicopters
and a CH-47 boss),
to 1983 (jet
fighters and a B-52
bomber), and finally
to 2001 (UFO’s).
Once the player
finishes all the
levels, the levels
restart at greater
difficulty levels.

Many
of you will remember
the arcade sequel to
Time Pilot, Time
Pilot ’84 (1984),
which basically
followed the same
premise, but with
different enemies
and backgrounds.
Time Pilot was
released for the
home on systems like
the Atari 2600 and
ColecoVision, and in
later years was
released on the
Xbox, Gameboy,
Nintendo DS, and
PlayStation as
Konami Arcade
Classics, Konami
Collector’s Series,
Konami Classic
Series, or
Microsoft’s Game
Room.